Axis SPORT - essentials ?!?

[Axilla]

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering about what really sets the Axis Sports apart...
Recently there have been some on the german EEK-BAY and one could get the impression that these were low-cost versions only.
Could anybody give a short resumé on Axis Sport essentials such as woods, PUs & history ?!

Thank you so much !

...your unillumined Silo-Playa

 

[andynpeters]

Try these while you're waiting for someone knowledgeable to answer you.

Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Sport: Harmony Central User Reviews

Personally I much prefer the look of the Sport to all those wavy-fronted Super Sports and if I ever see a L/H one it will be mine. Don't know why they stopped making it.

 

[phatduckk]

i wouldnt say theyre a low cost version at all.

heres the spec for the Sport and Super Sport so you can do a side by side, on-paper, comparission for yourself:

Axis Sport: www.ernieball.com/mmonline/specs/instruments_axissport.html (old page is still on the MM site)

Axis Super Sport: www.ernieball.com/mmonline/specs/instruments_axissuper.html

FWIW i just bought a NOS Axis Sport yesterday and cant wait till it arrives

 

[Axilla]

Thank you guys for the updates !!!

Live - Love - Learn

 

[phatduckk]

Thank you guys for the updates !!!

Live - Love - Learn

were here to protect an serve

no problem man - hope the info helps your decision making process

 

[Axilla]

To serve and protect...

were here to protect an serve

no problem man - hope the info helps your decision making process

Yeah & thanks Phatty

...but wait, that "to serve and protect" theme is currently used by a fine german guitar brand called DUESENBERG:

eBay: Duesenberg 49er Graph. Bues Broth. - 1 of 8 worldwide!! (Artikel 290111318091 endet 10.05.07 11:36:59 MESZ)

Maybe we shouldn't...
...but who cares anyway as long as he's got Balls ²

 

[Jimmyb]

On the earliest Sport models (I don't know the date sorry) you could get pickup configurations of HH, HSS or SSS.

Both the HSS and SSS versions had the silent circuit fitted. These models also had the pickguards, which were later dropped from the range.

 

[Axilla]

Great, this already helps a lot.
Apparently there are currently quite a few Axis Sport even on german Eek-Bay...
...but also at least one older one in the States still featuring that pickguard thang.

So far - so good.

I'm evaluating

Thanks to everybody for the input !!!

 

[kompressaur]

a Sport with the mm90s .the ash body and those p/ups make for a sweet guitar. I've owned 2 Sports and played another couple and all 4 had the chunkiest necks I've yet played on MM guitars.Put me off before when I had the black h/s/s but with the one I got now (mm90) it just seems like another bit of added vibe.(well that and the fact its got nice flame )
Komp

 

[candid_x]

I had a Sport. Very nice guitar. The neck wasn't at all chunky, but it had the usual asymmetrical Axis shape. I prefer the Silo Sp C shape neck, so I sold it.

 

[Sub1 Zero]

i plan to own a sport someday. There was a BEAUTIFUL trans blue one on here earlier with Albert Lee's sig on it

 

[GWDavis28]

Love my Axis Sport, go for it. I agree 100%, I love the looks better than the Axis or ASS.

Glenn |B)